POLL: Changing time zones, not clocks

Do you support Massachusetts moving to Atlantic Standard Time and doing away with changing the clocks every spring and fall? Weigh in by voting in our poll below.

On Sunday, March 12 we'll "spring forward" moving the clocks ahead one hour and ushering in Daylight Savings Time. But could this be the last time Massachusetts residents do so?

By month's end, a nine-member state Time Zone Commission is expected to issue a report on whether Massachusetts should consider leaving Eastern Standard Time and joining Atlantic Standard Time. This would mean Bay State residents would no longer move their clocks forward an hour in the spring and back an hour each fall.

Proponents of the plan say the loss of sleep each spring when clocks are moved ahead causes car accidents and other health problems. But those opposed to the shift say it doesn't make sense for Massachusetts to be in a different time zone from Rhode Island, New Hampshire other other neighboring New England States.

Do you support Massachusetts moving to Atlantic Standard Time and doing away with Daylight Saving Time? Weigh in by voting in our poll below.